Developers Scramble to Get Their Windows 8 tablets

Thousands of developers lined up to get their hands on Windows 8 tablets at Microsoft's Build Conference in Anaheim, California. AllThingsD's Ina Fried captured the madness.

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... well it is not ... it is not in the building ... the results later ... is the view from above booked the phones of people waiting ... to get their tablet's ... it's it's it's the entire five thousand detainees are all lined up here ... but it's all worth it at the end as they walk away with the tablets even interested really happy ... and finally as individaul you get to that now the US and three ... I think the hope that out with ... for all things digital identity ...